The Mars Alive Documentary

Naturally, most people are familiar with the planet on which they
live, namely Earth. However, recent studies have allowed civilization to
familiarize themselves with other planets. Mars is just one place where
studies have been conducted. People have traveled there not only to see
what the planet is like, but also to see if life is possible there. The
documentary “Mars Alive” describes the planet itself, along with the
different ideas on life on Mars.
Travels to the planet have shown that Mars has a very thin
atmosphere, and is known to be dusty. Winds, for the most part, are light.
However, if the winds become strong, because of the high amount of dust,
dust storms can occur. Mars ...

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on the planet of Mars.
The Americans have greatly contributed to the findings on Mars;
they have helped figure out that the temperature is cool and that the
atmosphere is thin. America’s NASA deeply desires for Mars to be a useful
planet. Many take-offs have been launched in recent years to carry out
this goal. Mar’s Direct is one plan where a rocket to Mars was to exploit
the local resources on the planet. Usually, rockets such as this one, need
fuel and oxidizer in order to power-rocket. Once the rocket has taken off,
the many discoveries take place.
Some studies and travels such as the aforementioned show that life
is not yet possible on Mars. In order for life on Mars, the planet needs
to be much warmer. Also, it needs a much thicker atmosphere. To obtain
the following things, Mars needs a substantial amount of carbon dioxide as
well as sunlight. As of now, there is not enough carbon dioxide on Mars to
warm the planet. The sunlight, needs to be captured and trapped by ...

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